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H J-. A. RAYMOND.

,COLLAPSIBLE CANDLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 1, 1919. 1 ,316,108. PatentedSept. 16, 1919.

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J. A. RAYMOND. COLLAPSIBLE CANDLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 7. 1919.

Patented Sept. 16, 1919.

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an mate;qiimaanowm l Specificationnf Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 16 1919,

App1ication fi1edApri17, 191a. seriainaasaoae;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrn A.RAYMON1 J,

dent of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collapsible Candle-Holders, of Whiclrthe following,

when takenin connection with the draW- ings accompanyingand forming a part llGlGOfi lS a specification. l

This nvention relates occasions,

siderable size in a well elevated positiony-a plurality thereof being usually required.

Among the objects of this invention are to obtain a holder of the kind recited which,

a which is when set up on a floor will be of good appearance, not liable to collapse or be overthrown; which can be readily and easily collapsed when not resting on the floor;

break orget out of order.

lin the drawings'referred to Figure 1 is an elevation ofthe device, collapsed.

u a i Fig. .3 is a vertical section of the device in a set up condition. y j Fig. f is an elevation of a portion of the leg members of the device, and the mem bers connected thereto, showing the connecting members, and i Fig. 5

members between the cylindrical elements of the device.

A reference character applied to designate a given part indicates said part throughout the several figures of the draw? the base thereof, which is removably set in leg memflaring end C. E, E, E, represent hers, which are, respectively, longitudinally movable guides or sides, are therwt to a holder which is designed to be used principally on funeral for the holding of candles of coni y M, are rack members. it longitudinally movable in a guide or slide, (M which is illustrated in Fig. 5. Guide made offewparts; not liable to 1 M and rack M are attached to cylinder B.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the device set is a perspective of the: connecting a B an addi being illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4c, and lettered F. GllldBS F, F, F, are secured to. a citizen of theUnited States, and a resi- J, J, J, and said members are rigidlyat- Q tachedtothe under sideof movable member G. Rollers H, H, H, are illustrated as rotatably mounted on wires K. K. K. a d. said wires are, respectively, secured to the legmembers by turningthe sides or edges of said members over onto SEUCl wires, as at g, g, L represents a member which is rigidly secured at its lower end to member G and atits upper end to rack member M. Member M is stantially duplicates, respectively made of sheet metal WlllChilS formed up to obtain edges m, and perforated to obtain a number-ofaperturesm, arranged at regular intervals, the spaced relation thereof corresponding with the spaced relation of the teeth on gear wheel N, and to engage therewith, in the same manner as the teeth wheel. Gearwheel N is loosely mounted on shaft n, (Figs. 3 and 5), and is held in place by tubes 1?, P. The shaft is heldin place in cylinder A by screws n, n, which extend through slot 7),- said slot limiting the le'ngthof travel of said cylinders A and B relative to each other.

of airack intermesh with those of a gear The slot 6 enables me to place the shaft n nearer the upper end of cylinder A than couldotherwise bedone; and Q represents an ornamental member which is secured in placeon the cylinder .A, by screws 41/, n

and extend upwardly therefrom with the upper end provided with bead R which forms an annular groove in which is placed the member S. Member S is made by me of leather, its function being to prevent noise and scratching of the outer surface of the cylinder B as the cylinders are drawn out or forced together. Member Q, is illus trated as a two part cover to slot 6, and consists of truncated cones the larger ends meeting and secured together by flange g illustrated in. Fig. 1;-the=cylinder"B- is" drawn out of the cylinder A. In drawing .cylinder B out from cylinder A therack member M turns gear wheel N, and said wheel forces rack member M longitudinally in i guide M; and member L being attached to said rack member and to member G said member G is C. Said movement of member G forces the leg members E, E, E, in slidesF, longitudinally; that is, from. the position in which they are illustrated in Fig. 1 into the position in which they are illustrated in' Fig.2. The apparatusis then set on the floor. As leg members E, E, E, move longi-" tudinally in guides F, F, F, the rollers H,

, H, travel in runways J, J, J.

Solong as the apparatus is standing on a becollapsed, as theangles' at which the leg members are held causes them to bear upwardly againstthe" =underside of f the-flaring member O in such manner that they will not move longitudinally in'guidemembers F F, tus it is lifted inders A, B, members from the F. To collapse-the apparafrom the floor and the cyl-' are forced together. E, E,'E, are thereby drawnback position in which they are -illustrated in Fig 2 into'thepositionin'whioh' they are illustrated in Fig. 1, The move-- ment of the rack members M,-M-,- and gear wheel N causes-the drawing in-of the leg members, as described.

I claim:

1. A cylinder, a movable element,- leg members," means to control the direction of movement of said leg members and -means to connect said movable-element to said *legx members, in said cylinder, in combination with an additional cylinder to said first named cylinderyand means connecting said additional cylinder to said movable element, s0 that-on said additional movable element direction relative inder.

2. Acollapsible candle holder comprising Copies of this patent ma beobtained for five cents each, by addressing Washington, 1). c.

at the upper end of moved toward the flaring end I tional I, I, I, of members" Leg.-

slidablygyjoined a cylinder, a gear rack secured to and a rack guide secured in said cylinder, and an additional gear rack longitudinally movable in said guide, in combination with an additional cylinder slidably joined to said first named cylinder, guides to said additional cylinder at one. end thereof, leg members longitudinally movable in said guides, a movable member in said additional cylinder, connections between said movable member andsaid leg members and a connection between said movable members and said movable rack, and a gear wheel rotatably mounted in said additional cylinder to engage with said racks.

3. A cylinder, a movable element, leg members and means to control the direction of movement thereof, a connection between said element and said leg members, said connection comprising runways and rotatably mounted rollers arranged to travel in said runways, in combination with an additional cylinder, and means connecting said addicylinder and said movable element, said means comprising a rotatably mounted gear-wheel and lacks thereto, said racks atta ched respectively to said additional cylinder and to said movable element.

4. A collapsible holder comprising a cylinder, and a gear wheel rotatably mounted therein, in combination with an additional cylinder and a body havinga cylindrical wa ll slidably fitting in said cylinder at opposite ends thereof, rack members respectively attachedtosaid additional cylinder and said body, and engageable with said gearwheels, and longitudinally movable leg i members connected to said body.

5. A collapsible "holder comprising a cylinder, a flaring end attached'to said cylinder and a gear wheel rotatably mounted in said cylinder, in combination with guides in said flaring-ends, an additional cylinder and a body having a cylindrical wall slidably fitting in said first named cylinder at the "end opposite, said wheel, rack members respectively attached to said additional cylinder and saidbody and engageable with said gear wheel on opposite sides thereof to transmit movement in opposite directions, legmembers longitudinally movable in said guides, rollers on the ends of said leg membersfand runways for said rollers on said body, cylinder being moved in'one direction said is .1 moved in the opposite to said .firsrt named cyl- JOSEPH A. RAYMOND.

In the presence of- CHARLES TURNER- BROWN, E. A. WINOHELL.

the Commissioner or Patents,' 

